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i m here at pearl harbor. welcome to war soirz. it was right here at 7:55 on sunday december 7th, 1941 that the empire of japan launched the savage surprise attack on u.s. forces in the pacific. when it was over 2,403 americans were dead, 21 warships were sunk or damaged, and six air fields had been bombed. but what many do not know is that it wasn t just an air raid. the japanese imperial navy also planned to attack the u.s. pacific fleet with a secret weapon five midget submarines. fortunately, their attack was foiled. in part by the alert response of uss ward, an old destroyer manned by a reserve navy crew. for more than 60 years members of the ward maintained that they had sunk one of the japanese midget subs shortly before the air attack began. yet no evidence could ever be found to prove their claim. then on august 28th, 2002 just a few miles outside the mouth of pearl harbor a research submarine from the hawaii undersea research laboratory had a discovery ....
museum with the pacific war fredericksbu fredericksburg, texas. fredericksburg, texas. within hours of the attack on pearl harbor, attacked philippines and guam and also set sites 2,000 miles west of hon honolulu known as wake island. a handful of soldiers and about a thousand civilian contractors looked like an easy target for the japanese. they were dead wrong. outgunned, they battled back for 16 games against imperial japan. tonight meet the heroes of the battle for wake island who took on japan. in late 1936 pan american air waves, mammoth luxurious boats began carrying their wealthy clientel across the passive to the orient and australia. needing to refuel along the way one of their stops was an island called wake island. they did have the wake island hote ohn theou ahor of e baleor keisand. eopl wou comout and enjoy great food at the hotel. spend the rest of their day in their stop over walking around and realizing there s not a heck of a lot on this place. ....
we head into independence day weekend. boy, we are not liberated from this virus. 128,000 dead. the cdc tonight projecting another 20,000 will die within the next three weeks or so. 38 states seeing cases on the rise. almost half the nation halting reopening plans or rolling them back. why? because we didn t do it right. because we don t have a plan that keeps us all together. how can this president look you in the eye and expect you to buy the crap that this crisis is being handled? the crisis is being handled. china was way early. and they re getting under control just now. and europe was way early. and they re getting under control. we followed them. with this terrible china virus. and we are likewise getting under control. it s not accurate. it hasn t been handled, it s been mishandled. it s not under control. it s out of control. it s never been worse. and here s what you have to see. he knows that what he s telling you right now isn t true. that s why he s sta ....
ken cuccinelli has this morning to would-be vandals. take a listen. the leadership of president trump, we are going to contain and only to protect the history of this country, we aref the law who vandalize property and the history of this country, or threaten and hurt other americans. gillian: griff jenkins a joins us live with the latest from washington. griff? good afternoon, gillian. it is certainly a site we are not used to seeing on the fourth of july. the federal government deploying what they are calling the protecting american communities task force, and there are teams grenada between the just aspirant and department of interior. acting secretary chad wolf not wanting to stand by idly while symbols are destroyed by vandals paid this after the president issued an executive order directing ths under statutory authority to provide personnel to protect these monuments, memorials, and studies on federal property. the pedal and supportive agencies like cbp, bor ....
now. fauci said the country was still knee-deep in the first wave of the virus. you can see that in the numbers. he said it s not a good place to be. asked about that, the president said the exact opposite. he said the country is in a good place and in three, four weeks we ll be in good shape. he can, of course, say anything he wants, but here are the numbers. they are getting worse. nearly 3 million americans have now been infected. more than 60,000 cases were diagnosed just yesterday. that s the highest number of new cases reported in one day. nationwide, 35 states are seeing an increase in new cases. that is not good. that s not a good place. just three states are seeing a decline. the number of people needing to go to the hospital for care is also on the rise with eight states reporting record highs on tuesday. that is not good, but that s also not the focus of the president right now. his focus has now turned to focusing in on schools and forcing schools effectivel ....